Remembering basic training—songs from trash cans, USO dances

My worst memory is a first sergeant waking us up at 4 a.m. using trash can lids as an alarm clock. Boy, did that rattle your brain.

My best memories are the great USO dances at the Evergreen Club at Fort Dix, N.J., to take our minds away from basic training.

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